State roster

Top names in New Hampshire

The names most likely to appear on 1974 New Hampshire birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,407 New Hampshire births in 1974 across 361 distinct names.

Distinctively New Hampshire

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Hampshire more than they say America.

#60Bethanyoutside the national top 200
#66Danaoutside the national top 200
#36Lynn#163 nationally
#58Seth#170 nationally
#92Rolandoutside the national top 200
#93Wade#197 nationally
#98Candaceoutside the national top 200
#100Katieoutside the national top 200
#83Zachary#179 nationally
#100Kirk#196 nationally
#86Jeremiah#178 nationally
#77Steve#167 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer307US #1
#2Amy142US #2
#3Michelle132US #3
#4Heather128US #4
#5Melissa112US #7
#6Sarah106US #20
#7Jessica94US #17
#8Angela90US #5
#9Stephanie78US #9
#10Kimberly75US #6
#11Lisa74US #8
#12Rebecca73US #10
#13Christine64US #19
#14Nicole59US #11
#15Kelly58US #15
#16Julie53US #14
#17Heidi51US #60
#18Amanda49US #34
#19Karen49US #26
#20Shannon46US #18
#21Mary44US #13
#22Tammy41US #24
#23Tara41US #39
#24Kristen40US #45
#25Christina39US #16
#26Susan39US #27
#27Carrie37US #42
#28Tracy36US #23
#29Tina35US #25
#30April34US #28
#31Elizabeth34US #12
#32Lori34US #30
#33Wendy34US #32
#34Danielle33US #40
#35Kathleen33US #76
#36Lynn31US #163
#37Melanie31US #51
#38Erin29US #47
#39Holly28US #56
#40Andrea27US #35
#41Catherine25US #73
#42Dawn25US #22
#43Pamela25US #54
#44Kristin24US #72
#45Laura24US #21
#46Tanya24US #46
#47Rachel22US #36
#48Sara22US #61
#49Jill21US #58
#50Katherine21US #62
#51Sharon21US #70
#52Emily20US #69
#53Patricia20US #29
#54Stacy20US #38
#55Laurie19US #116
#56Michele19US #50
#57Cynthia18US #33
#58Deborah18US #68
#59Erica18US #74
#60Bethany17
#61Kim17US #145
#62Kristina17US #101
#63Nancy17US #78
#64Stacey17US #48
#65Jody16US #154
#66Kathryn16US #98
#67Sandra16US #44
#68Tiffany16US #41
#69Ann15US #100
#70Brenda15US #59
#71Cheryl15US #88
#72Kerry15US #158
#73Linda15US #75
#74Margaret15US #95
#75Sherry15US #89
#76Deanna14US #115
#77Jodi14US #91
#78Renee14US #85
#79Robin14US #63
#80Shelley14US #142
#81Tonya14US #37
#82Victoria14US #104
#83Beth13US #117
#84Crystal13US #49
#85Debra13US #94
#86Donna13US #67
#87Megan13US #105
#88Tracey13US #108
#89Aimee12US #148
#90Barbara12US #77
#91Denise12US #53
#92Leslie12US #65
#93Melinda12US #81
#94Meredith12US #175
#95Alison11US #135
#96Angie11US #170
#97Brandy11US #80
#98Candace11
#99Diana11US #87
#100Katie11

Boys

#1Michael266US #1
#2Jason255US #2
#3Christopher214US #3
#4Matthew171US #9
#5James155US #5
#6David154US #4
#7Brian135US #8
#8Daniel134US #11
#9John132US #6
#10Robert131US #7
#11Scott124US #18
#12Jeffrey114US #15
#13Eric104US #13
#14William89US #10
#15Thomas88US #20
#16Joshua84US #29
#17Ryan83US #25
#18Mark82US #16
#19Aaron81US #32
#20Timothy78US #22
#21Richard70US #17
#22Shawn70US #30
#23Jeremy68US #24
#24Joseph68US #12
#25Steven66US #19
#26Kevin63US #14
#27Peter63US #50
#28Jonathan62US #33
#29Keith59US #44
#30Adam55US #36
#31Andrew53US #28
#32Todd50US #39
#33Benjamin48US #46
#34Justin48US #43
#35Derek47US #74
#36Charles46US #23
#37Nathan46US #52
#38Gregory44US #31
#39Craig42US #57
#40Sean42US #37
#41Stephen42US #35
#42Shane41US #56
#43Paul40US #27
#44Chad38US #26
#45Anthony37US #21
#46Jamie31US #68
#47Kenneth31US #34
#48Douglas29US #53
#49Marc29US #85
#50Patrick27US #38
#51Gary26US #48
#52Dennis25US #59
#53Donald25US #41
#54Bryan24US #45
#55George24US #49
#56Edward23US #40
#57Jesse22US #67
#58Seth22US #170
#59Carl21US #89
#60Corey21US #77
#61Brett19US #95
#62Travis19US #54
#63Erik18US #90
#64Ronald18US #42
#65Brandon17US #51
#66Dana16
#67Ian16US #148
#68Alan14US #118
#69Nicholas14US #80
#70Christian13US #103
#71Raymond13US #62
#72Ernest12US #150
#73Jacob12US #88
#74Jay12US #111
#75Jared11US #131
#76Philip11US #86
#77Steve11US #167
#78Troy11US #63
#79Alexander10US #112
#80Arthur10US #126
#81Jeffery10US #66
#82Joel10US #75
#83Zachary10US #179
#84Barry9US #156
#85Cory9US #114
#86Jeremiah9US #178
#87Jon9US #94
#88Kyle9US #97
#89Nathaniel9US #153
#90Phillip9US #70
#91Rodney9US #72
#92Roland9
#93Wade9US #197
#94Walter9US #104
#95Bruce8US #136
#96Casey8US #144
#97Chris8US #116
#98Frank8US #65
#99Glenn8US #158
#100Kirk8US #196

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑47Erin#38
↑35Kristina#62
↑34Rachel#47
↑34Carl#59
↑32Emily#52
↑30Tara#23
↑26April#30
↑25Catherine#41

Falling

↓40Denise#91
↓33Tracey#88
↓31Jodi#77
↓27Stacey#64
↓25Alison#95
↓24Melinda#93
↓21Katherine#50
↓21Robin#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.